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ABOUT FORUM IN MONACO

Energy Security for the Future (ESF) is the leading international forum where energy independence for Europe and Ukraine’s place in the European system of collective security are discussed. The goal of ESF is to unite statesmen, politicians, leading experts, and businessmen and journalists and civil society leaders around the idea of energy security, renewable energy sources and efficient energy technologies aimed at contributing to the development of new European policies in the energy security system.

For three years, the ESF has initiated a dialogue between opinion leaders from Ukraine, the EU, and the U.S. on the future of our countries, becoming the preeminent institution for ‘‘green diplomacy’’ on the European continent.

ESF was founded in January 2016 by the president of the Burisma Group, Nikolay Zlochevskyi, who invited European leaders and parliamentarians to gather together to discuss Europe’s energy strategy. The venue for the first Forum was chosen to be the Principality of Monaco, a country that has always been associated with environmental innovation, vision, and leadership and which has since become the birthplace of a new global movement to replace traditional energy with renewable sources.

The first of what would become an annual forum called ‘‘Energy Security for the Future: new sources, responsibility, sustainability’’ was held June 2, 2016 at the Yacht Club de Monaco in Monte Carlo, Monaco, drawing more than 150 participants from across Europe. Among them were presidents, parliamentarians, and European commissioners.

In 2017, the British professional team Adam Smith Conferences became official partners of the Forum, transforming event into a truly global conference.

The topic of the 2017 Forum was chosen as ‘‘Energy Security for the Future: new vision, strategy, innovation’’ and the format’s international status was strengthened by the participation of new countries, including China and the United States, which sent official government delegations. More than 250 people took part in the work of the second Forum.

With each passing year, more people and organizations choose to partner and participate in the Forum and we are proud to continue to serve as the convener of this important platform to discuss the future of energy security.

ABOUT FORUM IN MONACO

Energy Security for the Future (ESF) is the leading international forum where energy independence for Europe and Ukraine’s place in the European system of collective security are discussed. The goal of ESF is to unite statesmen, politicians, leading experts, and businessmen and journalists and civil society leaders around the idea of energy security, renewable energy sources and efficient energy technologies aimed at contributing to the development of new European policies in the energy security system.

For three years, the ESF has initiated a dialogue between opinion leaders from Ukraine, the EU, and the U.S. on the future of our countries, becoming the preeminent institution for ‘‘green diplomacy’’ on the European continent.

They invited European leaders and parliamentarians to gather together to discuss Europe’s energy strategy. The venue for the first Forum was chosen to be the Principality of Monaco, a country that has always been associated with environmental innovation, vision, and leadership and which has since become the birthplace of a new global movement to replace traditional energy with renewable sources.

The first of what would become an annual forum called ‘‘Energy Security for the Future: new sources, responsibility, sustainability’’ was held June 2, 2016 at the Yacht Club de Monaco in Monte Carlo, Monaco, drawing more than 150 participants from across Europe. Among them were presidents, parliamentarians, and European commissioners.

In 2017, the British professional team Adam Smith Conferences became official partners of the Forum, transforming event into a truly global conference.

The topic of the 2017 Forum was chosen as ‘‘Energy Security for the Future: new vision, strategy, innovation’’ and the format’s international status was strengthened by the participation of new countries, including China and the United States, which sent official government delegations. More than 250 people took part in the work of the second Forum.

With each passing year, more people and organizations choose to partner and participate in the Forum and we are proud to continue to serve as the convener of this important platform to discuss the future of energy security.

Burisma Group has gathered friends of Ukraine at the Forum in Monaco for the third time

The third Forum on Energy Security for the Future took place in Monte Carlo. The guests have developed an informal name for this event, "The Friends of Ukraine Forum". Most of the speakers considered Ukrainian vector in terms of ensuring the energy independence of Europe.

This is an important event, and the level of guests demonstrates the subject's relevance, noted Prince Albert II of Monaco in his opening remarks. The Forum was also attended by the President of Latvia, Raimonds Vejonis; President of the Republic of Poland (1995-2005) Alexander Kwasniewski; former president of the European Commission and Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi; as well as former president of the European Council and Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Mirek Topolanek. Among the speakers and participants of the current Forum in Monte Carlo are American senators, European deputies, and diplomats from 20 countries. All of them spoke about Ukraine and the ways to resist the challenges from Russian side together.

"Economic relations, energy and politics in Europe are undergoing the most significant changes in their history after the Second World War. Russia's policy is the most powerful destabilizing factor in Europe. We must find that unique single model of energy security, which would exclude any political or economic interference of the Russian Federation in the internal policy of European states. In Ukraine as well", - noted Alexander Kwasniewski. According to the President of Poland (1995-2005), the current and future construction of Europe is already impossible without Ukraine.

Mirek Topolanek and Romano Prodi offered an initiative to create an energy alliance which would develop a unified position on Ukraine and North Stream-2. But according to John Herbst, director of the Director of the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center, the alliance is unlikely to be launched.

"Germany is now forced to follow its own internal political processes. But possible sanctions which companies may face from the United States and other countries, will be a deterrent to the implementation of this project", said Ambassador Herbst.

The issues of ecology were also raised at the Forum. In particular, the President of Latvia, Raymond Veyonis, stated that climate change is one of the greatest modern risks to geopolitical stability and security.

"In order to promote energy security and reduce the risks associated with it, Latvia and the Baltic States have promptly created opportunities for alternative energy supplies and competition in energy markets. Further measures to strengthen energy security will be connected with the usage of renewable energy sources, as well as domestic power supplies", the President of Latvia stated.